Councilor bet in Sto. Tomas City in Batangas shot dead

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LUCENA CITY––A lawyer aspiring to be a councilor in Sto. Tomas City in Batangas province was shot dead Thursday, Feb. 17, inside his office, police said.

The Calabarzon police reported Friday that Reginald Michael Manito, 42, and his secretary, Aira Vargas, 20, were inside the law office at Governor Malvar Avenue in Barangay Poblacion 1 when two still-unidentified men barged inside at 11:20 a.m.

One assailant with a 9-mm pistol shot the lawyer twice on his head and right shoulder.

The gunman and his cohort fled on foot after the shooting and left Vargas unhurt.

Investigators said Manito was brought to St. Frances Cabrini Medical Center but died on the way.

The police are investigating the identity of the killers. INQ

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